Hair setting device



Oct. 16, 1951 v M. SMIDT 2,571,773

HAIR SETTING DEVICE Filed Dec. 31, 1949 FIG. I.

l3 'll INVENTOR LOUISE M 3mm ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 16, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-l CE HAIR SETTING DEVICE Louise M. Smidt, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application December 31, 1949, Serial No. 136,368

3 Claims.

This invention has to do with hair setting and waving devices embodying a portion about which strands of hair can be wound and secured to hold the same in place for a prolonged period of time.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel, simple, hair setting device which is easy to use and which can be effectively used close to the head of a person.

Another object is to provide a hair setting device provided with a handle portion and a body portion, both of which can be used as an element about which hair can be wound.

A further object is to provide a hair setting, device which embodies unique means for securing strands of hair in place after they have been wound around the device.

Another object is to provide a hair setting device which enables the user to set hair in a desired manner by providing means whereby the strands of hair can be wound in tight or relatively large loops.

Still another object is to provide a hair setting device of such construction that it can readily be manufactured and may be made in a variety of materials.

These and other objects will be apparent from the drawing and the following description thereof.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a hair setting device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view, partially in section, of the device of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device showing a manner in which strands of hair can be wound about the same.

More particularly describing the invention, referring to Figs. 1-4, numeral ll generally indicates the body of the device and numeral I2, the handle. The body II comprises a tubular element [3 which may be formed of sheet metal, such as aluminum, stainless steel, or other suitable metal. Preferably the element I3 is perforate, being provided with a plurality of openings or holes I 6. The element 13 may originally be in the form of a flat sheet which is perforated. and then bent to form a tube as shown, the two ends being brought together to form a seam l5 on the underside of the tube. In this connection, I prefer to make the tube with a flat side 16. In use, this side of the device ordinarily would be placed closest to the head of the wearer.

The body I I is fitted with a wire handle [2 and this is shaped to provide a mid portion which is secured by the elastic band 23.

received within the body. The mid portion includes an elongated section l8 and a pair of parallel short sections I9 joined at their outer ends. The handle also includes legs 20 which terminate in loops 2|. I provide each loop with an elastic or rubber band 23 by means of which hair strands wound around the body and the handle may be secured and held in place.

I prefer to have the handle extend from the 7 body so as to have a side thereof substantially in the plane of the flat side of the body to thereby enable the device to be used close to the head.

In use, it will be apparent that the device provides means for winding strands of hair either in tight or small convolutions or loops or in relatively large convolutions or loops thereby enabling the person to set the hair in the desired manner. For example, referring to Fig. 4, in one manner of use of the device, several strands of hair can be wound in the manner indicated by the line designated 25. Referring to this line, 26 indicates the base or head end of the hair strands and 27, the outer or tip ends. The strands are wound beginning at the base end 26 and when wound are After this has been done, a second group or set of strands of hair may be wound over the first group in a similar manner and secured by the other elastic band. No line has been shown on the drawing to indicate this, since it should be obvious.

It .will be apparent, of course, that strand; of hair may be wound about the bodyand the handle in several ways other than that shown and that the device lends itself to the use of the ordinary bobby pin for securing strands 0n the body, the pin being slipped over one end of the body so that one leg of it lies Within and one leg Without the tubular element making up the body of the device.

Although the invention has been particularly shown and described, it is contemplated that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope thereof as indicated by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A hair setting device comprising a tubular body about which strands of hair can be wound, and a wire handle attached to said body and projecting therefrom intermediate the ends of the body, said handle comprising a mid-portion within said body and a pair of legs extending therefrom in spaced relation, said legs each terminating in a loop.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which said body is provided with a flattened side and in which said handle lies substantially in a plane UNITED STATES PATENTS parallel to the plane of the flattened side of said Number Name Date 1,116,853 Senegas Nov. 10, 1914 3. A halr settmg device comprlsmg a body 1,439,271 Smidt Dec 19 1922 about which strands of hair can be wound, and 5 1,475,796 Conine 27, 1923 a wire handle attached to said body and project- 1,633,507 Adams June 21, 1927 ing therefrom intermediate the ends of the body, 1,666,269 Smidt Apt 17, 1928 said handle comprising a mid-portion within said 1,680,693 Slater 14, 1923 body and a pair of legs extending therefrom in spaced relation, said legs each terminating in a 10 FOREIGN PATENTS D- Number Country Date LOUISE M. SL HDT. 562,719 Great Britain July 13, 1944 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent: 

